If the Obama administration has been skillful in one area, it has been convincing people that the current economy is the best they could hope for and to lower their expectations accordingly.

“No one could have fully repaired all of the damage he found in just four years,” Bill Clinton said at the Democratic convention earlier this year. The message: Don’t expect too much. This is the new normal.

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